Service difficulty report · Line · Bag JETSTM3201

Difficulty date
March 25, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N940AE
Make and model
Bag JETSTM3201
Aircraft serial
940
Part
Line
Part number
1379305A77
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Nacelle
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

BNA - FLT 402 - A/C WAS AT CRUISE, EN ROUTE TO ALT FROM BNA, APPROX 35 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT BOTH HYDRAULIC PRESSURE GAUGES STARTED TO FLUCTUATE AND THEN WENT OT ZERO PRESSURE. THE A/C INCURRED A HYD SYSTEM FAILURE. THE A/C RETURNED TO BNA. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS DECLARED AN THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS WERE ACTIVATED BY MEANS OF THE EMERGENCY HYD SYSTEM. THE A/C LANDED AND RETURNED SAFELY TO THE GATE. THE RIGHT HYD PUMP RETURN LINE HAD RUPTURED AS A RESULT OF CHAFING THE COMPRESSOR DRAIN LINE. THE LINE WAS REPLACED AND ALL ALSO NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINE DRIVEN HYD PUMPS. THE SYSTEM FILTERS WERE INSPECTED AND REPLACED. NO EVIDENCE OF METAL NOTED. THE ENTIRE A/C HYD SYSTEM WAS BLED IAW THE A/C MM. GEAR, F